Category: Business News

With the latest hike bringing Canada’s key interest rates to levels not seen since 2001, one mortgage broker is warning that it may be “the last straw” for some homeowners with variable mortgages.

“We started to hear from people in

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The Bank of Canada did exercise patience, but not enough

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Home sales, prices rising

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The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says May home sales rose 15.7 per cent from a year earlier.

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Earlier this year, Paper Excellence capped off an unprecedented series of multibillion-dollar buyouts to become the largest

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The Canadian economy grew at an annualized rate of 3.1 per cent in the first quarter of 2023, Statistics Canada reported Wednesday.

The latest data shows growth beating out the federal agency’s own forecast of 2.5 per cent for the

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The spring surge in Toronto house prices accelerated again in May, providing another sign of persistent inflation in parts of the Canadian economy before a key central bank interest rate decision next week.

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The benchmark price

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The nation’s employers stepped up their hiring in May, adding a robust 339,000 jobs, well above expectations and evidence of strength in an economy that the Federal Reserve is desperately trying to cool.

Friday’s report from the government showed that

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Canada’s inflation rate reversed its cooling trend last month and moved higher, to a 4.4 per cent annual rate.

Economists had been expecting new data released by Statistics Canada on Tuesday to show the cost of living had eased from

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CPP investments earn 1.3%

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The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board earned a net return of 1.3 per cent in its most recent fiscal

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Mortgage debt hits $2.08T

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Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the country’s total residential mortgage debt was $2.08 trillion as of January this

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